What is the first thing that comes to mind when you think of North Korea? Most likely, it is missiles. News that North Korea has launched a missile is no longer extraordinary.
Ballistic missiles, cruise missiles, short-range projectiles — the names and types vary, but the sheer fact that Pyongyang has tested another weapon no longer shocks South Korean society. Yet, if we trap our understanding of North Korean military threats within the familiar image of the missile, we may fail to grasp North Korea’s transformation properly. North Korean military power is moving in a new direction.
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